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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at May 18, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646 WWUS73 KFSD 180800 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 300 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 7 PM. MNZ071-072-080-081-090-181600- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.120518T1500Z-120519T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 300 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
165 WWUS73 KFSD 181425 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 925 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 7 PM. MNZ071-072-080-081-090-182230- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.120518T1500Z-120519T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 925 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WEATHER CONDITIONS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
733 WWUS73 KFSD 182021 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 321 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 .STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 7 PM. MNZ071-072-080-081-090-190000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120519T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 321 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WEATHER CONDITIONS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH WILL OCCUR UNTIL EARLY EVENING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.